research journal (MA and beyond)
lensless image making continued:i am still working away on analogue and wet processes - processes that attempt to connect landscape as experience to landscape as image in some physical way and adds haptic qualities to the visual and body to the image. i recognise the gendered reading of these processes and continue to explore nonetheless... Continue Reading →
photographic work continued: wasn't feeling the best so thought i'd stay close to home. only venturing out for some fresh air, i did manage to do some gathering and ended up returning to some slow shutter speed shots which seemed to fit with the general mood. some shots ... gathering continued: snow came and went... Continue Reading →
photograms: i have continued to work away in my darkroom this week - using more found objects from my walks. i am getting a better sense of timing for their exposure and development and longer exposure times seem to work best for these opaque and semi-opaque objects and shadows. i plan on continuing to explore... Continue Reading →
setting up a darkroom: i managed to get some equipment together here in tipp so i can start developing images using analogue and non-lens photographic processes. as we are in highest level lockdown restictions, i am happy with anything at all. i just have the chemicals here for paper developing so that means working with... Continue Reading →
making opportunities: what a strange start to 2021 as we have headed into a severe lockdown again and i am back woking from home - well home from home actually as i am down in tipperary. with no access to my studio and screen printing stuff, i plan on making the most of my time... Continue Reading →
a little business: i have spent the last few weekends completing the animation for school and printing batches of christmas cards by order. looks like there is a small demand for hand printed christmas cards this year so i plan on developing a series for next year based on this last one i did this... Continue Reading →
animation: i have spent the last 2 weekends working on a stop/go animation for school as a christmas concert alternative. its been really fun watching the animation take shape and getting the students involved in the making of characters, backdrops, props and recording all their narration and singing. its nearly finished now and of course... Continue Reading →
a productive weekend: one of my 'fold' prints was accepted in an exhibition in an art centre in new hampshire in early 2021. i liked the sound of this open call as they were looking for work that uses traditional methods in new ways. am just after packing it up ready for posting tomorrow. my... Continue Reading →
preparation: i feel like i spent the weekend getting ready for something - maybe the submission i hope to tackle next weekend. because last weekend was so intense (and tiring) i thought id just clear a few small jobs so that im ready for a bit of making next weekend. so my weekend in the... Continue Reading →
returning: there are many areas i want to develop further and this weekend i was open to what ever direction that would take. i dont expect to reach any end point - probably ever, but just make steps further along these routes. so this last weekend i ended up experimenting with the horizon and ways... Continue Reading →
a bit of this and that: i was pretty tired before i began any work in the studio today and it took some time to settle into anything. instead of tackling any work which needs a lot of energy, i started by looking through open calls, checking in with the VAi and making a list... Continue Reading →
returning: there are a few ideas that i had been working on and off on and have been meaning to return to and develop further or just see where it leads. last year i arranged a self-directed 'lens & landscape' residency and ended up taking some slow shutter speed images where i continued to move... Continue Reading →
elaine crowe 